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Indeed TL. Of course, here in the 21st century they are more subtle and crafty in the way they communicate.

I read one author who said that the woman’s good, God given ability to “influence” was corrupted at the fall and therefor it was the man’s “responsibility” in the new God initiated heirarchy to “rule” over her FOR HER OWN GOOD so she wouldn’t fall to the temptation to “inappropriately” use her “influence”. What is clear from a full reading of the author is that this “influence” he speaks of is in fact willfull deception and that it is inextricably tied to the serpent’s deception of Eve. Oh for the days of Matthew Henry when men would just out and out say that women are beguilers.

Now, I know first hand what kind of influence my wife can exert over me (she is a very persuasive woman, I want to please her, and she knows exactly how to make me dance). I can even accept the possibility that it is a gender oriented, God given gift. I also am certain it can be abused. I am not necessarily against the notion that the fall had something to do with its corruption – after all, the fall corrupted much of what was originally “good”. But I do not think for a minute that the serpent’s deception of Eve has anything to do with any of this any more than Adam’s silence and his corrupt, post-fall rule are intertwined.